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1 week ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickPassover begins this weekend and so does Holy Week. Whatever your religious persuasion, how could it be wrong to enjoy matzo toffee or chocolate bunnies? Even if, like me, you don’t love matzo, there are Passover delights to enjoy on the Upper West Side over the next few days. There’s also an annual reading of selections from Dante’s “Inferno” and a celebration of dance culture right across the park.
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2 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickHazem Elgohary didn’t set out to become the steward of an Upper West Side neighborhood institution. He was simply growing his beloved family business, Buttercup Bake Shop – the cheerful, cupcake-forward bakery with outposts in midtown and a central kitchen in Long Island City. But then Silver Moon Bakery announced it was closing. The project went from “just another Buttercup location to pretty much a community bakery,” he said of the UWS expansion.
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2 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickOpera, theater, and choral music performed by huge stars and stars of tomorrow are among your UWS options.
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3 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickSpring has sprung and it’s not just the forecast that looks spectacular. Take this weekend to make a plan to see the magnificently renovated Frick Collection, just a quick walk, bike, or bus ride across Central Park, when it reopens to the public in a few weeks — or when it reopens to members next week.
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3 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickIf you’re an Upper West Sider who loves to watch top-tier tennis, you don’t have to wait till August, schlep to Flushing Meadows, and shell out hundreds of dollars at the U.S. Open. In fact, you barely even have to leave the neighborhood. You can hop on the 1 train, ride a few stops uptown, and walk into one of the most impressive collegiate tennis facilities in the country.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickWe may be down a beloved bakery and a storied bagel shop, but most of us on the Upper West Side’s northernmost precincts are never more than a block or so from a hot slice. And we aren’t talking about just any old pie. Mama’s Too, regularly voted one of the Big Apple’s best pizzerias since its 2017 opening, just expanded, while insider favorite Sal & Carmine’s has been paper-plating slices since 1959.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickA play, politics, and a pop-up concert are some of your excellent local options over the next few days. Let’s Weekend!March 21st to 25th, 2025The Picture of Dorian Gray, at the Music Box Theater, 239 West 45th Street, showtimes and tickets hereSarah Snook, the Australian actress best known for her role as Shiv Roy on “Succession,” plays dozens of characters from Oscar Wilde’s 1890 masterpiece in this Olivier-winning production.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickCelebrate Korean culture at the AMNH or get out and cheer for your neighbors, celebrities and Olympians at the iconic NYC Half-Marathon this weekend. The finish line is, of course, on the Upper West Side. And as next week begins, honor Women’s History Month with laughter at the NYPL’s free all-female improv showdown Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickDid you watch the Oscars and notice the Best Picture and Best International Feature winners had both been recommended right here in UWS Weekend? We haven’t got any movie recs this week, but I do have a couple of books to commend and some tea shops where you can grab a cup to sip while reading. There’s also music from Bloomingdale School of Music, and a chance to learn about the architectural history of a prominent Upper West Side church.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickOn offer over the next few days: a comedy show featuring a local prodigy; a Lou Reed birthday celebration at the New York Public Library’s Lincoln Center branch; a film festival and NYPL main branch “takeover” celebrating The New Yorker magazine’s 100th birthday; and a creature double feature just across the park.
